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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,889 Arizona births in 1927 across 417 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Arizona more than they say America.

#9Carmen#199 nationally
#15Lupeoutside the national top 200
#12Jesus#195 nationally
#20Franciscooutside the national top 200
#22Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#23Antoniooutside the national top 200
#25Ramonoutside the national top 200
#30Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#33Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#34Keeoutside the national top 200
#35Socorrooutside the national top 200
#27Juan#192 nationally

Girls

#1Mary310US #1
#2Maria119US #107
#3Betty100US #3
#4Helen78US #4
#5Margaret72US #5
#6Alice67US #17
#7Frances67US #12
#8Barbara56US #10
#9Carmen56US #199
#10Josephine50US #39
#11Virginia50US #8
#12Ruth47US #6
#13Dolores44US #34
#14Dorothy41US #2
#15Lupe39
#16Irene36US #21
#17Esther35US #65
#18Nellie34US #105
#19Julia33US #76
#20Bertha32US #80
#21Annie31US #36
#22Lydia31
#23Norma31US #26
#24Teresa30US #174
#25Dora29US #140
#26Martha29US #24
#27Elizabeth28US #13
#28Anita27US #148
#29Emma27US #64
#30Guadalupe27
#31Marie27US #20
#32Eva26US #79
#33Ramona26
#34Rose26US #23
#35Socorro26
#36Consuelo25
#37Isabel25
#38Jessie25US #95
#39Louise25US #27
#40Patricia25US #18
#41Gloria24US #22
#42Jean24US #14
#43Mildred24US #11
#44Rosie24US #152
#45Shirley24US #9
#46Margarita23
#47Eleanor21US #33
#48Florence21US #28
#49Anna20US #16
#50Celia20
#51Pauline20US #42
#52Sarah20US #61
#53Thelma20US #38
#54Vera19US #89
#55Doris18US #7
#56Grace18US #50
#57Ida18US #84
#58Juanita18US #55
#59Phyllis18US #29
#60Beatrice17US #67
#61Clara17US #63
#62Evelyn17US #15
#63Gladys17US #37
#64Joyce17US #35
#65Marjorie17US #25
#66Rita17US #54
#67Amelia16
#68Connie16
#69Elvira16
#70Katherine16US #73
#71Lois16US #19
#72Ruby16US #30
#73Angelita15
#74Aurora15
#75Bessie15US #88
#76Hazel15US #53
#77June15US #43
#78Laura15US #82
#79Lucy15US #112
#80Maxine15US #87
#81Minnie15US #114
#82Stella15US #123
#83Antonia14
#84Edna14US #40
#85Esperanza14
#86Francisca14
#87Joan14US #41
#88Lillian14US #32
#89Marian14US #74
#90Roberta14US #122
#91Armida13
#92Edith13US #48
#93Nancy13US #56
#94Pearl13US #102
#95Sally13US #147
#96Viola13US #101
#97Ann12US #59
#98Geraldine12US #58
#99Jennie12US #135
#100Rosa12US #124

Boys

#1John198US #2
#2Robert151US #1
#3Frank136US #12
#4Manuel118US #116
#5Joe111US #30
#6William107US #4
#7Jose106US #112
#8James100US #3
#9Richard78US #6
#10George75US #7
#11Charles68US #5
#12Jesus67US #195
#13Henry63US #19
#14David56US #21
#15Jack55US #16
#16Edward51US #10
#17Arthur45US #22
#18Albert44US #23
#19Donald44US #8
#20Francisco44
#21Thomas43US #11
#22Raymond40US #15
#23Antonio39
#24Fred38US #35
#25Ramon38
#26Gilbert37US #99
#27Juan36US #192
#28Louis35US #29
#29Ralph35US #24
#30Harry34US #25
#31Paul33US #13
#32Ernest32US #41
#33Joseph31US #9
#34Kee31
#35Walter31US #17
#36Billy30US #31
#37Raul29
#38Ruben29
#39Carlos28
#40Miguel28
#41Mike28US #180
#42Tony27US #153
#43Alex26US #169
#44Roy26US #34
#45Alfred25US #45
#46Luis25
#47Harold24US #14
#48Sam24US #102
#49Rafael23
#50Tom23US #138
#51Jimmie22US #108
#52Pete22
#53Alfonso21
#54Kenneth21US #18
#55Eugene20US #20
#56Oscar20US #113
#57Victor20US #98
#58Carl18US #26
#59Daniel18US #46
#60Fernando18
#61Leo18US #55
#62Martin18US #87
#63Gene17US #72
#64Lawrence17US #37
#65Pedro17
#66Roberto17
#67Angel16
#68Armando16
#69Bill16US #69
#70Bob16US #100
#71Ray16US #60
#72Allen15US #95
#73Ben15US #156
#74Eddie15US #103
#75Norman15US #39
#76Salvador15
#77Francis14US #36
#78Herbert14US #42
#79Howard14US #28
#80Peter14US #59
#81Alberto13
#82Arturo12
#83Billie12US #135
#84Felix12
#85Hector12
#86Samuel12US #49
#87Wallace12US #96
#88Alfredo11
#89Dan11US #161
#90Don11US #90
#91Elmer11US #61
#92Glen11US #115
#93Jerry11US #93
#94Jesse11US #89
#95Johnnie11US #105
#96Leonard11US #40
#97Marvin11US #47
#98Ronald11US #63
#99Rudy11
#100Theodore11US #62

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑53Teresa#24
↑53Jessie#38
↑39Lydia#22
↑36Martha#26
↑34Ramona#33
↑34Victor#57
↑30Angel#67
↑27Bertha#20

Falling

↓61Lucy#79
↓61Sally#95
↓56Rosa#100
↓45Lillian#88
↓40Lois#71
↓37Stella#82
↓33Peter#80
↓30Leonard#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.